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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as excuse.

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Examples

  • Yet fear held him in his little seat behind his little desk, while his conscience insisted on this unalterable decree of the social code: "So somebody's clothes is wrong it's polite you says 'scuse' und tells it out."

    Little Citizens Myra Kelly 1893

  • Yet fear held him in his little seat behind his little desk, while his conscience insisted on this unalterable decree of the social code: "So somebody's clothes is wrong it's polite you says '' scuse 'and tells it out."

    The Wit and Humor of America, Volume III. (of X.) Various 1887

  • De moon is shinin 'bright, an' you can't have no 'scuse 'bout not bein 'able ter see. "

    The Wife of his Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line, and Selected Essays 1895

  • I'll give de hymn out, so's dar needn't be no 'scuse 'bout not know'n uv de words, an 'so's yer all kin sing. "

    Diddi, Dumps, and Tot 1882

  • I'll give de hymn out, so's dar needn't be no 'scuse 'bout not know'n uv de words, an 'so's yer all kin sing. "

    Diddie, Dumps, and Tot : Or, Plantation Child-Life Louise Clarke Pyrnelle 1878

  • It shoots most 165 grn loads into 2.5 to 6 inch groups at one hundred yds (scuse me - 2. 5-6 MOA) I talked to Hill Country Rifles and they said send it down, they'll guarntee 1 moa out of it - but they wouldn't do the same if it was in 260.

    Are Ruger Model 77s Accurate Rifles? I Wonder. 2009

  • It shoots most 165 grn loads into 2.5 to 6 inch groups at one hundred yds (scuse me - 2. 5-6 MOA) I talked to Hill Country Rifles and they said send it down, they'll guarntee 1 moa out of it - but they wouldn't do the same if it was in 260.

    Are Ruger Model 77s Accurate Rifles? I Wonder. 2009

  • They have to look a million bucks as soon as I put them on, like the L'Wren Scott pencil skirt that will have at least one person ask if I used to be a model, the Manolo Blahnik BB pumps that inspire my newsagent to give me gifts of candy with my Vogue, the exquisite beaded vintage coat that brings joy even a rainy day and a broken umbrella can't dampen 'scuse pun.

    Annabel Tollman: The Million Dollar Purchase Annabel Tollman 2011

  • Unlrealistic plot points? in a MOVIE? say it ain't so. (scuse me while I spit on my copy of Casablanca) Seems a silly thing to call a press conference about, wicked much ado about nothing.

    Bibliophile Bullpen 2009

  • I lean forward with my hands on my knees and say, Well ‘scuse me, but the first doesn’t exist and second keeps getting nixed by insecure older men trying to look tough.

    Conversation With Dog 2010

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